Every March, I wipe away my winter blues and get a dose of spring when I attend the annual Philadelphia Flower Show. This year, my BFF Cynthia took in the aptly-themed exhibit, “Explore America,” celebrating 100 years of the National Park Service.
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that was created in 1916 to manage all our national parks, monuments, among other conservation and historical properties.
Each exhibit was inspired by a national park at this year’s 188th show like the large-scale displays of the quintessential Yellowstone and Yosemite National Park, to name a few.
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